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Wind Across Mountains: each Composer: Abe K
This six-minute marimba duet requires a 4 1/2-octave (low-F) marimba and a 5-octave marimba. Each player uses a series of graduated mallets (Player 1: left hand--soft bass mallet and soft mallet, right hand--soft mallet and medium-soft mallet; Player 2: left hand--two soft bass mallets, right hand--medium soft mallet and soft mallet). There are no one-handed rolls required, although there are a few sections where a one- handed roll could be used if it were part of the player's technique. From a compositional standpoint it has a slow-fast-slow structure. For the most part it is sonorous and melodic, with the marimbas working as a duet rather than marimba two being an accompaniment for marimba one. The beginning and ending sections require that all notes be rolled, while the middle fast section requires a good independent four-mallet technique. Tempos range from quarter note = 48 to quarter note = 132. "Wind Across Mountains" is the type of duet from which two mature players would derive much satisfaction and the audience much enjoyment.
